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Jane and the Dark Cloud: An Animation about Systems Change
Jane and the Dark Cloud: An Animation about Systems Change (2021)
Beautiful short animated film, that through the story of Jane and Dan, empowers audiences and grass roots campaigners with an understanding of what 'system change', means. It shows what a truly system changing Green New Deal could look like in the UK and beyond after COVID...
6 min
Making Sense with Scout Mindset | Julia Galef
Making Sense with Scout Mindset | Julia Galef
Why do some people see things that others don't? Julia Galef believes that it's because they're using what she calls Scout Mindset.
53 min
If We Don't Fix Sensemaking, We Won't Survive | Daniel Schmachtenberger
If We Don't Fix Sensemaking, We Won't Survive | Daniel Schmachtenberger
Why is Sensemaking broken? What would it mean to fix it, and how might we go about it?
7 min
Rogan, CNN, Ivermectin & Heterodox Thinking | Zubin Damania
Rogan, CNN, Ivermectin & Heterodox Thinking | Zubin Damania
The pandemic has stress tested all our institutions, especially those we have relied on for truth seeking and sensemaking. It's deepened the chasm between mainstream and alternative, consensus and contrarian.
88 min
Owned: A Tale of Two Americas
Owned: A Tale of Two Americas (2019)
“Home ownership to me means freedom—strictly. The more and more I evaluate this world, the more and more I understand: when you don’t own anything, you are nothing.” That’s how Greg Butler, a young black house flipper, sums up his view of the American dream.
82 min
Fly By Light: A Film about Discovering Your True Nature
Fly By Light: A Film about Discovering Your True Nature (2015)
Fly By Light is an intimate exploration of young people seeking to overcome the violence in their lives and create a new path for their future by connecting to a world outside their neighborhoods. In Washington, DC, where high school dropout rates average 40%, a group of...
83 min
How to Start a Regenerative Farm from Scratch
How to Start a Regenerative Farm from Scratch
Have you ever wanted to start a regenerative farm from scratch? In this video, the Heifer USA team traveled to North Carolina to visit Grass Grazed Farm, a regenerative farm where founders Derrick and Paige Jackson have established and grown a successful business in just two...
21 min
Rundown Apartments Reborn as Food-Forest Coliving Agritopia
Rundown Apartments Reborn as Food-Forest Coliving Agritopia (2021)
In 2007, Ole and Maitri Ersson bought the rundown Cabana apartment complex in the city and immediately began to de-pave parking spaces to make space for what today is a huge permaculture coliving space and urban food forest. Today, the Kailash Ecovillage has 55 residents who...
55 min
Why This Gives Me Hope for the Future
Why This Gives Me Hope for the Future
Why Solarpunk gives me hope for the future.
12 min
How We Can Make Solarpunk A Reality
How We Can Make Solarpunk A Reality
Solarpunk is a vision of the future that we can implement today. Here are just a few ways to get started! 
23 min
Neuroscientist: "First Hour of The Morning is CRUCIAL" | Andrew Huberman
Neuroscientist: "First Hour of The Morning is CRUCIAL" | Andrew Huberman
Stanford neuroscientist explains why conscious dopamine fasting is so important in the digital age.
6 min
THE GREAT NHS HEIST
THE GREAT NHS HEIST
Universal healthcare has been a fundamental human right in many developed countries for decades. Britain led the way in establishing the National Health Service in 1948 from the wreckage of World War II, but unbeknown to the public UK governments have secretly been removing...
96 min
Joanna Macy: Climate Crisis as a Spiritual Path
Joanna Macy: Climate Crisis as a Spiritual Path
This 20 minute interview with Joanna Macy will help answer an essential question:  How are we going to live our lives fully, with inner peace and courage (and even joy) as we confront a world that is destroying itself?
20 min
Oyler: Can a School Save a Community?
Oyler: Can a School Save a Community? (2015)
OYLER profiles how an innovative "community school" helped fuel a dramatic turnaround in a poverty-stricken neighborhood, part of a growing national movement to help poor children succeed by transforming schools to meet basic health, social, and nutritional needs. Before...
56 min
Stuart Hall: Through The Prism of an Intellectual Life
Stuart Hall: Through The Prism of an Intellectual Life (trailer)
The Media Education Foundation presents Stuart Hall: Through the Prism of an Intellectual Life A Lecture by Stuart Hall In this recently discovered, newly restored video of one of Stuart Hall's most famous lectures, Hall speaks with dazzling precision about the...
2 min
Why "Terrorism" Is A Dangerous Word
Why "Terrorism" Is A Dangerous Word
If you've been keeping up with online news, you may have seen coverage of a Navy anti-terrorism training document that equated socialists and anarchists with neo-nazis. Even if you don't consider yourself a member of the political left, it should be obvious that this is an...
19 min
The Man Who Knew Too Much
The Man Who Knew Too Much (2020)
A documentary film about Colin Wallace an intelligence officer who blew the whistle on fake news and was framed for a murder.
69 min
An Urgent Message for Humanity
An Urgent Message for Humanity
Climate disruption is human-caused and, while that's hard to acknowledge for some, we take a hopeful approach: if we caused it, we can do something about it.
4 min
How Conservatives Co-Opted Christianity
How Conservatives Co-Opted Christianity
If you live in the United States, odds are you've encountered the distinctly American "conservative christian." It seems that these people, despite their fierce devotion to their faith, have no idea what the Bible actually calls them to do. In this episode, we're taking a...
22 min
Everything You Know about Poverty is Wrong | Rutger Bregman
Everything You Know about Poverty is Wrong | Rutger Bregman
Historian Rutger Bregman found a way to end poverty, obviously we had to ask him how!
6 min
The Massive Failing in Children's Education | George Monbiot
The Massive Failing in Children's Education | George Monbiot
And what we can do about it...
5 min
The $100 Billion Dollar Ingredient Making Your Food Toxic
The $100 Billion Dollar Ingredient Making Your Food Toxic
Industrial seed oils are in almost all processed foods. 
29 min
How The United States Ended Up With Two Right-Wing Parties
How The United States Ended Up With Two Right-Wing Parties
We hear a lot about the Democrats being "the radical left." Most of us know this obviously isn't the case, but what many Americans don't realize is that the Democrats should not be considered left-wing at all. In this episode we're exploring the ratchet effect and the long...
14 min
The Myth Of The "Self-Made" Billionaire
The Myth Of The "Self-Made" Billionaire
It’s no secret that Americans love to hear about billionaires. You’ll find them everywhere. They’re on the news [Bezos space launch], have their own TV shows, movies, and even make their way to elected office. Specifically, we consistently give massive audiences to...
13 min
How We Fix the Climate
How We Fix the Climate
We should act as if this is an emergency, because it is. But part of that is understanding the tools and strategies countries are using to decarbonize and stabilize the climate. This is work that's already being done. We have already decoupled economic growth from the...
17 min
"Work Is An Intolerable Imprisonment" | J. Krishnamurti
"Work Is An Intolerable Imprisonment" | J. Krishnamurti
In this video, Krishnamurti critiques our work culture and urges us to find out if we can free ourselves from the imprisonment that is a 9 to 5 job. Jiddu Krishnamurti, (born 1895, Madanapalle, India—died 1986, Ojai, Calif., U.S.), Indian spiritual leader.
11 min
6 Ways to Heal Trauma without Medication, from the Author of “The Body Keeps the Score, ” Bessel van der Kolk
6 Ways to Heal Trauma without Medication, from the Author of “The Body Keeps the Score, ” Bessel van der Kolk
Conventional psychiatric practices tell us that if we feel bad, take this drug and it will go away. But after years of research with some of the top psychiatric practitioners in the world, we’ve found that drugs simply don’t work that well for many, and our conventional ways...
9 min
Beyond Trauma Informed, with Darcia Narvaez and Mary Tarsha
Beyond Trauma Informed, with Darcia Narvaez and Mary Tarsha
It could be argued that humans have never been so destructive, so violent against a living earth. How did we arrive here? We forgot the wellness-informed pathway to human wellbeing, a holistic wellbeing that leads to peacefulness. We describe the wellness-informed pathway and...
85 min
Iraq Vet Disrupts George W. Bush Speech, Sept. 19 2021
Iraq Vet Disrupts George W. Bush Speech, Sept. 19 2021
Iraq War veteran and Empire Files producer Mike Prysner disrupted a speech by George W. Bush in Beverly Hills on Sept. 19, 2021. 
3 min
Small Scale Agroecological Approaches for the COVID 19 Response and Beyond
Small Scale Agroecological Approaches for the COVID 19 Response and Beyond
From the closure of markets to the interruption of agricultural supply chains, the COVID-19 pandemic threatens to disrupt food systems around the world. Many families, especially those in already fragile contexts, may soon struggle to access healthy, nutritious diets. Meeting...
67 min
CIA Whistleblower On Declassified 9/11 Documents
CIA Whistleblower On Declassified 9/11 Documents
Former CIA analyst and case officer, who blew the whistle on its torture program, breaks down the newly declassified FBI document on the Saudi connection to 9/11 so that people who haven't been in the CIA or FBI can understand what the hell it says. The report was...
123 min
Afghanistan War Pays Off BIG For Generals Who Lied
Afghanistan War Pays Off BIG For Generals Who Lied
Where are all the top US commanders of the Afghanistan War who lied to keep it going for 20 years? Turns out they're doing pretty well!
5 min
Never Forget: Lessons of the Post-9/11 Warpath
Never Forget: Lessons of the Post-9/11 Warpath
As the US Empire tries to leave its 9/11 warpath on Afghanistan & Iraq in the past, Abby Martin reviews the core lessons.
13 min
The Victims of 9/11 Should Have Got Justice, Instead They Got War
The Victims of 9/11 Should Have Got Justice, Instead They Got War
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9 min
Breaking the Cycle - Reclaiming Our Humanity with Our Evolved Nest
Breaking the Cycle - Reclaiming Our Humanity with Our Evolved Nest (2021)
Kindred World is proud to launch The Evolved Nest’s educational short film, Breaking the Cycle. The moving and inspirational six-minute film illustrates our capacity for breaking our current Cycle of Competitive Detachment and returning to the pattern of 95% of our human...
6 min
The One Thing NEVER Mentioned When Talking About Islamist Terrorism
The One Thing NEVER Mentioned When Talking About Islamist Terrorism
Let's talk about radical Islam... and who's funded it.
13 min
The IPCC's New "CODE RED" Climate Report
The IPCC's New "CODE RED" Climate Report
Second Thought explains the IPCC's new climate report.
17 min
Not Going Quietly
Not Going Quietly (trailer)
Ady Barkan’s life is upended when he is diagnosed with ALS, but a confrontation with a powerful Senator catapults him to national fame and ignites a once-in-a-generation political movement.   
3 min
The Big Scary "S" Word
The Big Scary "S" Word (trailer)
Featuring interviews with Bernie Sanders, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Cornel West, and Naomi Klein, THE BIG SCARY “S” WORD explores the rich history of the American socialist movement.
2 min
Barbara Lee: Speaking Truth to Power
Barbara Lee: Speaking Truth to Power (trailer)
An intimate portrait of Congresswoman Barbara Lee, a pioneer on behalf of racial and economic justice and the lone voice in opposition to the authorization of military force after the September 11th attacks.
3 min
Why Does The Media Love War So Much? | George Monbiot
Why Does The Media Love War So Much? | George Monbiot
“They are entirely complicit”
10 min
How Finland Ended Homelessness
How Finland Ended Homelessness
Second Thought explains how Finland ended homelessness.
14 min
Honest Government Ad | Carbon Capture and Storage
Honest Government Ad | Carbon Capture and Storage
The Australien Government has made an ad about Carbon Capture and Storage, and it’s surprisingly honest and informative.
5 min
Death by Pollution
Death by Pollution (2021)
Do we all breathe the same air? Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah was a nine-year-old girl who lived in south-east London and died in 2013. The cause of death was listed as air pollution, now her mother is fighting to make clean air a human right. This Novara Doc was made by black &...
10 min
How The Media Stopped Us Caring About the Planet | George Monbiot
How The Media Stopped Us Caring About the Planet | George Monbiot
“They allowed this entire shitfest to happen"
10 min
Former British Soldier DESTROYS Official Afghanistan Narrative
Former British Soldier DESTROYS Official Afghanistan Narrative
The film about Afghanistan that corporate media, war profiteers, conservatives, centrists, and establishment liberals do not want you to see.
10 min
‘I Felt Like A F*cking Nazi’: An Ex-Border Patrol Agent Speaks Out
‘I Felt Like A F*cking Nazi’: An Ex-Border Patrol Agent Speaks Out
Jenn Budd is a former senior U.S. Border Patrol agent turned migrant rights activist. She spoke to Dena Takruri about what she calls a racist, sexist and corrupt culture inside the agency.
11 min
COVID-19, Capitalism and the Pandemic of Endless War
COVID-19, Capitalism and the Pandemic of Endless War
If you think police budgets are out of hand, wait until you hear about the military. A Gravel Institute documentary on the links between the pandemic, power, and capitalism.
8 min
How to Defeat PragerU: The Gravel Institute
How to Defeat PragerU: The Gravel Institute
There's a big problem on the internet: right-wing groups like PragerU pour lies and disinformation into the feeds of every American. H Jon Benjamin (of Bob's Burgers and Archer) explains how The Gravel Institute is fighting back.
2 min
Sustenance
Sustenance (2020)
A challenge instigated by a group of friends with different diets and eating habits takes the viewers of Sustenance on a global journey in search of the dimensions of sustainability. Sustenance is a feature-length documentary about food's journey around the world and its...
88 min
Exterminate All The Brutes
Exterminate All The Brutes (2021) (trailer)
Exterminate All the Brutes is an eye-opening journey through time, offering an incisive look at the history of European colonialism in Africa and the Americas. The groundbreaking series explores the lasting impact of exploitation and genocide on society today, pushing the...
3 min
The Murderous Police Gangs of Los Angeles
The Murderous Police Gangs of Los Angeles
Los Angeles, America’s second largest city, has a horrible secret. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department – the fourth largest police department in the country – harbors dozens of criminal gangs within its ranks. These LASD gangs have been involved in assaults, the...
19 min
Why Big Oil Loves to Talk about Your Carbon Footprint
Why Big Oil Loves to Talk about Your Carbon Footprint
Everybody keeps telling us to cut our carbon footprints. So how guilty should I feel about my personal emissions? And what's Big Oil got to do with it? We're destroying our environment at an alarming rate. But it doesn't need to be this way.
13 min
Why the United States Is Killing the World
Why the United States Is Killing the World
Why United States imperialism is causing climate change, explained.
13 min
Why your Carbon Footprint is a Scam
Why your Carbon Footprint is a Scam
Why your carbon footprint is a scam, explained.
11 min
How The US Should Have Spent The Afghanistan War Budget
How The US Should Have Spent The Afghanistan War Budget
If you’ve turned on the news in the last few weeks, you’ve probably seen plenty of coverage of the disastrous situation in Afghanistan. Two decades and over two trillion dollars later, what does the US - or Afghanistan - have to show for our brutal and prolonged occupation?...
18 min
Johnny Harris: A Story of YouTube Propaganda
Johnny Harris: A Story of YouTube Propaganda
A story about Johnny Harris, propaganda and misinformation on YouTube.  We also very briefly touch upon the notions of "shareholder capitalism" and "stakeholder capitalism" which Harris discusses in his "How China Became So Powerful" before considering what Harris'...
34 min
A Viral Tale
A Viral Tale (2021)
An animated story in rhyme, about these very strange times.
8 min
River of Renewal: United by Water, Divided by People
River of Renewal: United by Water, Divided by People (2009)
River of Renewal chronicles the long conflict over the 10 million acre Klamath River Basin, which spans the Oregon-California border. Competing demands for water, food, and energy have pitted farmers, American Indians, and commercial fishermen against each other for decades.
55 min
A New Economy
A New Economy (2016)
What if working together for the good of all was the most common business model? Watch as several organizations strive towards building a more cooperative future. By putting humanity before the bottom line, they are finding their place in a new economy no longer dominated by...
85 min